You all saw it – dozens of times by now.
Penn State tight end Matt Lehman stretched the ball with two hands on it to the goal line trying to score the go-ahead touchdown. The ball got knocked loose. The officials ruled the ball came out before it crossed the goal line. Fumble. Touchback. Nebraska ball and Nebraska maintained the lead.
Only it wasn’t a fumble. It was a touchdown that wasn’t.
You’ve all read about it – and there will be plenty of opinions out there for you to sift through. So I tried really hard to come up with something other than 600 more venom spewing words on how a blown call – on the field and by replay – cost Penn State a win Saturday at Nebraska.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t. So here are the simple ABCs of the touchdown that wasn’t.
Angry – Penn State fans are angry and have every right to be. This was a bang-bang call on the field, but replay clearly showed this as a touchdown. The ABC announcing team of Sean McDonough and Chris ...
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